Local webpage access

Hi, all.

I got the Bitnami Drupal stack(nice work, by the way!) up and running and made a website locally (http://localhost) but I left the site in offline mode when I logged out. There are no links on my default “site offline” page to link me back to where I log in.

The suggestions in the Drupal forums didn’t work, they just brought me back to the Bitnami Stack homepage, where its primary link just routed me back to the “site offline” where I’m powerless to do anything.

Is there I can either get into the site’s homepage or manually edit a config or reset something to allow me to get back in?

Hi,

What is the platform that you are using? When you log in, try the following to start the servers:

Type in a Terminal the following:

$ cd
$ ./ctlscript.sh start

This should start the servers and you can connect to your Drupal web site. If you want to start the servers automatically you should install this script as service. These little guides could help you:

How to install services on Linux
How to install services on OS X

Cheers.

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I’m running windows :(

Is there anything I can do?

Hi,

The Stacks install the servers as services on Windows automatically. Could you try to star the servers using the shortcuts? Could you check if the drupalApache and drupalMySQL services are installed? You can start the service panel typing “services.msc” in a command prompt.

All services start up on startup. I believe that everything is fully functional, just that I set my local site to “offline” mode within the administer menu, so that I cannot access the administer page. It just takes me to the “site offline” page meaning that the website is running, it’s just in “offline” mode and so that page is all that shows up when I try to access my site. Posting links with user? or my superuser name (root) just takes me to the “site offline” page.

Hi,

I think that I finally understood the problem. Try to access using your drupal administrator user at http://localhost/drupal/login.

Didn’t work. Still takes me to the “site offline” page.

Fixed it. Thanks for your time and patience!

I’m glad to hear this. Just curiosity, What was the problem? Maybe your post could help to other users. Thanks.

hey gpitm i am stuck witht the same issue ..Whats the solution .. i went in for an upgrade , put the site offline now i cant go online ..cos whenever i go to any page it says site is offline ..how do i login back as an admin

Hi,

Reading this thread in the Drupal forums it seems that you can login at http://localhost/?=user